Camp Friendship 2017 Policies/Service Contract

Kate McClain Social Skills

Food Policy

Children must bring a lunch and snack each day. We recommend all campers bring a reusable water bottle to camp. Children enrolled in extended hours should bring an additional snack each day. *Refrigeration is not available for participants' lunch, so please do not include any food that is subject to rapid deterioration or spoilage (such as mayonnaise).
*Due to the prevalence of nut allergies among young children, the bringing of any "nut products" to camp is not permitted. We appreciate your consideration to ensure all our kids remain safe and healthy while participating in our camp.

Arriving to Camp

We encourage all children to arrive on time for the start of the day's activities. If you are running late, please call or text our Practice Manager, Una Martin, at (954) 330-6755 to let us know what time you will arrive. Upon arrival at the camp, the accompanying adult must sign the child in on the daily attendance sheet. Do not drop off your child outside of the building. Staff will greet each child and guardian when he/she arrives.

Departing From Camp

Parents and guardians are required to sign their child out at the end of the camp day. Staff members will release your child only to those authorized individuals who are listed on their Emergency Contact Information forms. Staff will not honor verbal instructions given to them by an unauthorized individual who may arrive to pick up your child. If you have an emergency, please contact the Camp Director regarding the situation and notify them as to who will be picking up the child. Staff requires adults picking up the child to show proof of ID that matches parent instructions.

Late Pick-up Policy

We ask that children be picked up promptly at the end of the camp day (3 pm for camp; 5 pm for aftercare). Pick-up after 3:05 pm or 5:05 pm will be considered late. If you are running late, please call or text the Camp Director to let us know what time you will arrive.
Late pick-ups will result in a $1.00 per minute late pick-up fee.

Summer Camp Weather Policy

In the event of inclement weather, we will contact parents via email, and post decisions regarding late openings, early dismissals, or closings on our website www.katemcclainsocialskills.com.

Administration of Medication

* All medication must be labeled with the child's name, the name of the medication, the dosage amount and the times to be given. Keep all medication in the original container with the prescription label or direction label attached. All medication will be kept in a locked container and the key will not be accessible to the children.
* If possible, avoid bringing medications to programs by arranging the time of the dosage so the child receives the medication at home. Parents can speak to their child's doctor regarding time release medications or dosages that can minimize the need to give medication during the program.
* All staff may administer prescription and non-prescription medication. This also includes sunscreen and insect repellent.
* Written permission is required from parents on the Authorization for Medication Form before staff can administer any medication, sunscreen or insect repellent to children. A parent signature is valid only for short term medications that are taken less than 10 days.
* A physician's signature is required on the Authorization for Medication Form for long term medication administration required for longer than 10 days and for any "as needed" emergency medication such as inhalers and EpiPens.

Sunscreen and Insect Repellent

* Use of sunscreen or insect repellent requires written parent authorization on the Authorization for Medication Form noting any known adverse reactions.
* Staff members can apply sunscreen to children under age 9 accompanied by written authorization from parents. Children ages 9 and older can administer their own sunscreen with staff supervision.
* Sunscreen and insect repellent may be left at the camp site for the child's use. It must be in the original container labeled with the child's name. Sunscreen and insect repellent will not be kept or used beyond the expiration date of the product. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends a sunscreen with sun protective factor (SPF) 15 or higher, and both UVA and UVB protection.

We ask that you apply sunscreen to your child prior to dropping them off at camp. Camps will take scheduled sunscreen application breaks, as recommended by the CDC, when they have been in the sun for more than 2 hours and after campers swim or participate in activities that make them sweat. In addition to the sunscreen, the CDC recommends wearing sun-protective clothing, wide brimmed hats and sunglasses to protect against UV radiation.

Emergency Plans

Children's Health

We care deeply about the health and welfare of your child and of all the children who are in our care each day. It is our responsibility to safeguard all of them and to do what we can to protect them and prevent the spread of disease.

A child shall not be allowed to attend camp for the day if he or she has:
* a temperature over 100 degrees
* vomiting or diarrhea
* a communicable disease
* cold/flu symptoms such as runny and/or stuffy nose, watery eyes, coughing, sneezing, sore throat, fatigue

If your child develops any of these symptoms while at camp, the staff will contact you and ask you to take the child home until the child is healthy enough to return to the camp. If you cannot be reached, staff will call your emergency contact to come and pick up your child.

I have read and understand the health policy (initial)

Reporting Communicable Disease

The parent/guardian must inform the camp staff within 24 hours or the next business day after his/her child has developed any reportable communicable disease, as defined by the State Board of Health except for life threatening diseases, which must be reported immediately.

When children in camp have been exposed to a communicable disease, the staff will contact the parents of all the children in the camp within 24 hours or the next business day. Confidentiality will be maintained; staff will not reveal the name of the child or member of the immediate household.

Code of Conduct

We strive to provide a welcoming, safe, supportive and enjoyable environment for campers. We believe that all individuals have the right to be treated with dignity and respect regardless of abilities or limitations. We are committed to promoting positive participation to ensure a successful and fun camp experience for all.

Unacceptable behavior and actions:
* Verbal abuse including teasing/taunting, harassment and/or profane language
* Hitting, kicking, pushing, biting, or otherwise hurting/injuring a person; fighting
* Damage to property
* Possession of instruments either construed as a weapon or known as a weapon (knives, blunt objects, sticks, etc.)
* Inappropriate or sexual touching of any kind
* Creating a risk of contagion or illness
* Any action which exposes participants or staff to danger
* Consistent disregard of program procedures (i.e. not following directions, consistently picking up a participant late from a program)

Staff will make every effort to encourage positive participation and utilize strategies and available resources in response to unacceptable behavior. In the event that all measures have been exhausted, we reserve the right to implement any of the consequences listed. Consequences shall be related to behavior, respectful and reasonable, and administered relative to the degree of unacceptable behavior.

WARNING: Camper will receive a warning about inappropriate behavior

SUSPENSION: Camper may be suspended from program for the remainder of day, up to three days

REMOVAL: Camper will be removed from program if behavior results in extreme disruption, or harm to self, others, or property; removal decisions are at the sole discretion of the Camp Director.

No refunds will be given if child is removed or suspended from program, or if parent/guardian chooses to withdraw the child from the program.

I have read and understand the code of conduct (initial)

Liability Release

The undersigned, does hereby remise, release, and forever discharge Kate McClain Social Skills, his heirs, assigns, executors, and administrators from all actions, causes of action, claims and demands whatsoever, and from all suits, debts, dues, sums of money, accounts, reckonings, notes (or bonds), bills, specialties, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, trespasses, damages, judgments, executions, claims and demands whatsoever, at law or in equity that undersigned ever had, now has, or that his heirs, executors, or administrators hereafter may have against the party hereby released by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever up to and including the day of the date of this release.

It is the specific intent and purpose of this instrument to release and discharge any and all claims and causes of action of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown and whether specifically mentioned or not, which may exist or might be claimed to exist at or prior to the date of this instrument and undersigned specifically waives any claim or right to assert that any cause of action or alleged cause of action or claim or demand has been, through oversight or error or unintentionally, omitted from this release. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Releasor has caused the Release to be executed this day

I have read, understand, and agree to abide by Camp Friendship's policies and guidelines.